Agony SceneThe Agony Scene

With equal amounts of At the Gates/the Haunted-styled thrash and Witchery-inspired melody, the Agony Scene contribute to the metalcore subgenre with their self-titled debut, sonically honed by Killswitch Engages Adam Durkiewicz (who also produced Norma Jeans newest platter). This Tulsa, Oklahoma-based quintet commences the shredding with the aptly titled "We Bury Our Dead at Dawn and "Habeas Corpus before the slower but no less jugular-slashing hits "Judas and "Lines of Suicide. The sprawling "Nausea has the same sombre yet constricting atmospherics like Morgoths "Submission or Mindrots "Burden before opening up into the NWOSDM-hewn "Shotgun Wedding. Ultimately, the Agony Scene are not quite as inventive as Victorys Between the Buried and Me or as traditional hardcore-sounding as Trustkills Bleeding Through, but they arent trying to be either; just check out their cover of the Stones "Paint It Black. These Okies are metalheads first and foremost, as they  and certainly not Lamb of God  continue to preach the new American (metal) gospel.
(Solid State)